The book is written for graduate students and scientists studying igneous and metamorphic rocks. It can be used as a manual for courses or classes and during optical studies of microstructures.
Photographs of high quality complementing the instructive line drawings - Very good didactic concept, including boxes, where special terms are explained - Complete coverage of the field including instrumentation - Glossary
C.W. Passchier
Deformation Foliation Mikrostrukturen Mylonit Scherzone Tektonik formation metamorphism microstructures mylonite shear zone tectonics
"This book succeeds in its stated aim of being a manual for the study of microtectonics...because of its clear and authoritative text and because of its well-chosen very good black and white photographs..." The Australian Geologist
"The strength of this book is the rigorous approach taken to kinematic analysis, with an excellent marriage of advanced theory and practical observation." Jnl of Petrology
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